. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. CYPRINODON. 19 Cyj)rinodon fasciatus^ Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 156 ; Martens, Arcli. f. Nat. xxiv. 1858, p. 153, pi. iv. fig. 4 ; Giinth. t. c. p. 303 ; Sauv. op. cit. p. 8. Cijjn'inodon hammonis, Cuy. & Val. t. c. p. 169 ; Martens, t. c. p. 155, pi. iv. fig. 5 ; Sauv. op. cit. p. 10, pi. iii. figs. 3 & 4. Ci/prinodon dispar (non Riipp.), Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 474. Ci/jJrinodon a/anogaster, Guichen. Rev. & Mag. Zool. (2) xi. 1859, p. 378. Cyprinodon dolia
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. CYPRINODON. 19 Cyj)rinodon fasciatus^ Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 156 ; Martens, Arcli. f. Nat. xxiv. 1858, p. 153, pi. iv. fig. 4 ; Giinth. t. c. p. 303 ; Sauv. op. cit. p. 8. Cijjn'inodon hammonis, Cuy. & Val. t. c. p. 169 ; Martens, t. c. p. 155, pi. iv. fig. 5 ; Sauv. op. cit. p. 10, pi. iii. figs. 3 & 4. Ci/prinodon dispar (non Riipp.), Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 474. Ci/jJrinodon a/anogaster, Guichen. Rev. & Mag. Zool. (2) xi. 1859, p. 378. Cyprinodon doliatvs, Guichen. t. c. p. 379. Depth of body 3 to 4 times in the total length, length of head 3 to 3J times. Snout very short, squarely truncate, with the mouth terminal and directed upwards, the lower jaw projecting very slightly; I'J to 16 teeth in each jaw ; diameter of eye 3 to 3| times in the length of the head, interorbital width about twice. Dorsal 10-12 (rarely 13), originating a little in advance of the anal and at nearly equal distance from eye and from root of caudal, longest rays about ^ length of head in females, f to f in males. Anal 10-12 (rarely 9 or 13), similar to Fijr. Cyprinodon fascUitvs. 6 2 , Ghet-el-Nassara (F. N.)- dorsal. Pectoral about § length of head, much longer than ventral, which is nearly midway between end of snout and root of caudal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle IJ to If times as long as deep. 25-30 (usually 26-28) scales in longitudinal series, 22-26 (26-30 in Dalmatian specimens) round body in front of ventral fins; lateral line usually indicated by an interrupted series of pits. Dark greyish olive above, white beneath ; fins white in females, yellow in males, the dorsal in the latter being bordered with black ; a blackish bar some- times crosses the caudal fin in males; females with 10 to 15 narrow blackish bars on each side of the body, not extending to the back or belly, and a more or less distinct round black spot at the root of t
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